BASANTA GHIMIRE
Morayfield,QLD
Summary
Experienced civil/geotechnical engineer with strong ethics and detail-oriented, seeking a civil/geotechnical position in a company that can offer a progressive career path. Solid background in analysis and design, quality control and assurance, promoting workplace health and safety, project management and team goal setting within the busy work environment.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Professional Geotechnical Engineer
WSP
08.2023 - 12.2024
- Company Overview: Geotechnical investigations, rock strength assessment, foundation and pavement assessment, soil and core logging - TabLogs/gINT, slope stability analysis - Slide2/SlopeW, CPT interpretation – CPeT-IT, settlement analysis - Settle3, retaining wall design - Wallap, ground water analysis – Slug testing, earthworks supervision, bored piers/piling inspection, geotechnical reporting
- Website: https://www.wsp.com/en-au
- Geotechnical investigations
- Rock strength assessment
- Foundation and pavement assessment
- Soil and core logging - TabLogs/gINT
- Slope stability analysis - Slide2/SlopeW
- CPT interpretation – CPeT-IT
- Settlement analysis - Settle3
- Retaining wall design - Wallap
- Ground water analysis – Slug testing
- Earthworks supervision
- Bored piers/piling inspection
- Geotechnical reporting
- Geotechnical investigations, rock strength assessment, foundation and pavement assessment, soil and core logging - TabLogs/gINT, slope stability analysis - Slide2/SlopeW, CPT interpretation – CPeT-IT, settlement analysis - Settle3, retaining wall design - Wallap, ground water analysis – Slug testing, earthworks supervision, bored piers/piling inspection, geotechnical reporting
- Website: https://www.wsp.com/en-au
Project Engineer
Vikcon Construction
03.2022 - 07.2023
- Company Overview: Surveying and site setting out, planning and coordinating onsite construction activities, supervising construction crews, managing specialist sub-contractors, ensuring workplace health and safety, completing quality assurance – inspection and testing plans, estimating and coasting, resource and procurement management, cost and schedule management, stakeholder and communication management, risk management, maintaining daily site records, preparing of progress report
- Website: https://www.vikcon.com.au/
- Surveying and site setting out
- Planning and coordinating onsite construction activities
- Supervise construction crews
- Supervision of construction work
- Build relationships with sub-contractors
- Managing specialist sub-contractors
- Ensuring workplace health and safety
- Completing quality assurance – inspection and testing plans
- Estimating and coasting
- Resource and procurement management
- Cost and schedule management
- Stakeholder and communication management
- Risk management
- Maintain daily site records
- Preparing of progress report
- Surveying and site setting out, planning and coordinating onsite construction activities, supervising construction crews, managing specialist sub-contractors, ensuring workplace health and safety, completing quality assurance – inspection and testing plans, estimating and coasting, resource and procurement management, cost and schedule management, stakeholder and communication management, risk management, maintaining daily site records, preparing of progress report
- Website: https://www.vikcon.com.au/
Civil Engineer
National Reconstruction Authority
10.2016 - 02.2019
- Company Overview: Inspection of earthquake-affected houses, classification based on the severity of damage, data entry on mobile application, structural analysis and design of the building, quality assurance check, quantity cost estimation, providing mason training, approval for grant, documentation and reporting, coordination between project stakeholders
- Website: http://www.nra.gov.np/en
- Inspection of earthquake-affected houses
- Classification based on the severity of damage
- Data entry on mobile application
- Structural analysis and design of the building
- Quality assurance check
- Quantity cost estimation
- Providing mason training
- Approval for grant
- Documentation and reporting
- Coordination between project stakeholders
- Inspection of earthquake-affected houses, classification based on the severity of damage, data entry on mobile application, structural analysis and design of the building, quality assurance check, quantity cost estimation, providing mason training, approval for grant, documentation and reporting, coordination between project stakeholders
- Website: http://www.nra.gov.np/en
Graduate Civil Engineer
ITECO
10.2014 - 09.2016
- Company Overview: Data collection and analysis, technical calculation and modelling, feasibility study and detailed survey, project cost estimation and budgeting, quality assurance and compliance, environmental and safety assessment, documentation and reporting, client and stakeholder coordination, learning and professional development
- Website: http://www.iteconepal.com
- Data collection and analysis
- Technical calculation and modelling
- Feasibility study and detailed survey
- Project cost estimation and budgeting
- Quality assurance and compliance
- Environmental and safety assessment
- Documentation and reporting
- Client and stakeholder coordination
- Learning and professional development
- Data collection and analysis, technical calculation and modelling, feasibility study and detailed survey, project cost estimation and budgeting, quality assurance and compliance, environmental and safety assessment, documentation and reporting, client and stakeholder coordination, learning and professional development
- Website: http://www.iteconepal.com
Education
Master of Engineering Science - Civil
University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba, QLD01.2021
Bachelor’s Degree - Civil Engineering
Janakpur Engineering College
Tribhuvan University, Nepal01.2014
Skills
- Courtesy and integrity
- Leadership skills
- Management skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication and negotiation skills
- Critical thinking and logical reasoning
- Visualization and creative thinking
- Collaboration and team management
- Problem-solving techniques
- Practical application of engineering science and technology
- Knowledge of materials, methods, and tools
- Mathematical computation
- Research and investigation skills
- Estimation and costing
- Analysis, design and planning skills
- Preparing high-quality graphs and drawings
- Technical report and journal article writing skills
- AutoCAD 2D/3D
- Civil 3D/Land Development
- Slope W/Slide2/Settle3/Plaxis2D
- MS-Office Packages/Project
- WALLAP
- CIRCLY 7
- MATLAB
- SAP/ STRAND 7
- Surfer/QGIS
Affiliations
- Engineer Australia (EAust)
- Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS)
- Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA)
- Nepal Engineering Council (NEC)
Training
- General construction induction (white card)
- First aid and CPR
- Civil engineering software training courses
- HR policies and procedures manual training
- Technical inspection training for housing reconstruction
- Construction materials training for reconstruction
- Retrofitting techniques and correction training
- Asbestos awareness course, fire ant training
- Carry out manual handling tasks, chemical handling training
- QLD health work safety compliance – contractor
- Powerlink QLD training courses: electrical safety, cultural heritage, land access
- Safely access the rail corridor, working in electrified territory - QLD rail.
- BNE airport site induction
- Continuous professional development courses
Publications
Shear Behavior of Clayey Infilled Rock Joints having Triangular and Sinusoidal Asperities, Mirzaghorbanali, A, Ghimire, B, Rastegarmanesh, A, Nourizadeh, H, Mcdougall, KM, Aziz, N, 2022, Resource Operators’ Conference, University of Wollongong
Timeline
Professional Geotechnical Engineer
WSP
08.2023 - 12.2024
Project Engineer
Vikcon Construction
03.2022 - 07.2023
Civil Engineer
National Reconstruction Authority
10.2016 - 02.2019
Graduate Civil Engineer
ITECO
10.2014 - 09.2016
Bachelor’s Degree - Civil Engineering
Janakpur Engineering College
Master of Engineering Science - Civil
University of Southern Queensland
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